A Serious Call to a Devout And Holy Life (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of A Serious Call to a Devout And Holy Life Monday, August 31 2009.

• Originally published at the beginning of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment, a time when rationalist criticism of religious belief was perhas at its peak, William Law's A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life succeeded in inspiring the most cynical men of the age with its arguments in favor of a spiritual life. More than simply articulating a set of rules to live by, Law's book examines what it means to lead a Christian life and criticizes the perversion of Christian tenents by the Establishment—whether secular or spiritual—whose real aim is temporal power. With a perface by the Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr., whose own direct engagement in social causes still finds inspiration in Law's argument, A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life is a book that can still speak to our time.

Shelfari edited the contributors of A Serious Call to a Devout And Holy Life Monday, July 27 2009.

• Added a contributor: William Law: (Primary Author)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of A Serious Call to a Devout And Holy Life Friday, July 17 2009.

• DEVOTION IS neither private nor public prayer, but a life given to God.